Prodigal Son of the Ming Dynasty

  Chapter 668 Made a fortune

  People like Ruan Wen are of great use to Daming.

  Fang Jifan was most moved by this point. To be honest, those cochin rebellions are really abominable. If you start a rebellion, just start a rebellion. What to do with killing your wife and children first, it is immoral and immoral.

  A person like Fang Jifan who has three views, strange and upright, never does such low-level things.

Hearing that Ruan Wen vomited half a liter of blood, Fang Jifan couldn't help feeling worried, but he didn't know that the interrogator could not bear it, and if he failed, he must be saved. what.

  Zhu Houzhao said "Good man", and suddenly, the warm pavilion fell into an embarrassing silence.

  The happy look on the face of the Prince's Highness is really...something wrong.

   Immediately, everyone echoed: "Yes, yes."

  Emperor Hongzhi was shocked, and said solemnly: "The chaos in Jiaozhi shows that this mission is a top priority. Next, I will order Jiaozhi Tixue and Tixue's deputy envoys to do their best and share my worries."

  Fang Jifan said loudly: "Your Majesty, please rest assured that my disciple Wang Bo'an is different from ordinary people. With him in hand, the court can have no worries."

  Here, Fang Jifan is the ugliest eater.

  Cheng Ri boasted his disciples into a flower, and if he boasted, he was exaggerating. If he insisted on adding that he was different from others, he was stepping on others to gain the position.

  Zhang Sheng felt as uncomfortable as eating a fly. He wanted to say something, but when he opened his mouth, he couldn’t say anything. He thought carefully, hey, what’s the blame?

  Emperor Hongzhi seemed to agree with Fang Jifan's words very much, so he couldn't help nodding his head.

  Fang Jifan mentioned Wang Bo'an, that is, Wang Shouren, the son of Wang Hua, every now and then, which made his impression of Wang Shouren even deeper in his heart.

  Although Emperor Hongzhi knew Fang Jifan's mentality of protecting the calf, he could slowly insinuate. At least, Emperor Hongzhi was familiar with this vice envoy of learning.

   Zhang Sheng, on the other hand, was not reconciled. After all, he was the minister of the Ministry of Rites. Fang Jifan pointed his finger at him, a bit like throwing people’s jobs away. Zhang Sheng stared at Fang Jifan with a smile on his face: "The captain is recently farming in the desert. How is it?"

   "..."

  First of all, the one whose face froze was Emperor Hongzhi.

  Fang Jifan won the land of the desert, and it has already spread throughout the capital. After all, this young consort captain is now a big celebrity, and there are all kinds of rumors about him in the streets and alleys.

   I heard that Fang Jifan won the land of the desert, both inside and outside the government and the public, they all took it as a joke.

   After all, a person who has done such a great thing and made such great achievements, his recent performance is too perfect.

  But because of this, this kid was suddenly deflated, so he was worth seeing.

  After Zhang Sheng said, some people couldn't help laughing.

  Just now when everyone heard Ruan Wen's sad news, they suppressed their faces and pretended to be mournful, but now they are better and can finally laugh happily.

   Xie Qian couldn't help but laugh: "Qi Zhao, don't make fun of this, it's just rubbing salt on the wound."

  Fang Jifan is confused, why do they always tease me like this, I don't seem to offend them, honest and good people!

  Zhang Sheng also felt that he had spoken too much, so he coughed, lowered his eyebrows and said to Fang Jifan, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, Captain, I'm very sorry, it's the old man who didn't stop me."

  From Liu Jian to Ma Wensheng, all of them smiled.

  Seeing this, Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but angrily said: "The land of the desert, the land of the desert, what's so funny about making fun of Fang Jifan for what he did to get the desert land, even if it's full of yellow sand, it's still land."

  He felt wronged for Fang Jifan, and continued to raise his voice: "Recently, I have heard that my ears have calluses. The servants of the Eastern Palace are talking in a low voice, and the masters are also making fun of them. Is there anyone who bullies people like this?"

  His voice raised a few decibels, and everyone stopped laughing immediately. Everyone clearly saw that His Highness the Crown Prince was a little angry.

   It was Li Dongyang, who was silent for a moment, and suddenly said: "His Royal Highness, didn't His Highness suggest this desert land to His Majesty?"

   "..."

  Zhu Houzhao was dumbfounded.

Have it?

is it?

who I am?

   Where am I?

  He hesitated: "Bengong was talking nonsense at the time, whoever knew the father believed it, and I have forgotten about it myself."

   "..."

  With this level of cheating, Emperor Hongzhi couldn't help blowing his beard and staring. I dare you to talk nonsense at the beginning, but in the end I followed the good example, but you said that it has nothing to do with you, right?

  Zhu Houzhao saw his father staring at him viciously, his scalp was numb, he couldn't help lowering his eyes, and said to Emperor Hongzhi: "I have something to do, take my leave."

  He saluted, trying to get away.

  Fang Jifan sighed in his heart, these ministers, how lonely, how boring, how sad their lives must be, to take such unfunny jokes and make fun of them all day long.

  Fang Jifan also imitated Zhu Houzhao's posture, and said: "I have something to do, Your Majesty, please allow me to say goodbye."

  Emperor Hongzhi was already embarrassed, so he waved impatiently: "Let's go."

  Zhu Houzhao and Fang Jifan hurriedly resigned.

  Out of the warm pavilion, Fang Jifan hurried out of the palace.

   Zhu Houzhao chased him out.

"Old Fang, those guys teased you like this, can you bear it? I think Master Liu also laughed, and he took his son Liu Jie to kneel for three days and three nights, and see if Master Liu is still laughing." come out."

  While walking, he defended Fang Jifan.

  Fang Jifan laughed: "Your Highness, don't mess around like this, bullying other people's sons is not a skill. Besides, I am not angry at all."

   Zhu Houzhao was happy: "It's good not to be angry, hum..."

  He looked like he stayed out of the matter, but he seemed to be the instigator of this incident, not him.

   "Would you like to see my son?" Zhu Hou looked after no one around, and said in a low voice, "Take a look at Xiao Fan along the way."

  Fang Jifan thought for a while: "I'll go again tomorrow. I think Liu Gong and others are going to leave too. I'll run into His Majesty later, it's not good."

  Zhu Houzhao shuddered and thought it made sense, so he couldn't help nodding: "Listen to you, let's go to Xishan and ask Mr. Wen to make some food."

  The two walked out of the palace while walking.

  Just left the Meridian Gate, but outside the Meridian Gate, I saw Steward Yang waiting anxiously: "Young Master, Young Master..."

  Fang Jifan stepped forward, but Guanshi Yang was panting and out of breath.

   "Why is it so urgent?" Fang Jifan couldn't help frowning and asked.

While Fang Jifan was speaking, Steward Yang had already calmed down, and said, "Young master, there is a letter from Pingluwei, the young master has explained that there is a letter, and I want to show it to the young master as soon as possible, so the students rushed over. "

  Fang Jifan was shocked when he heard it, and said to Zhu Houzhao: "My beloved apprentice Jiang Chen wrote to me. I really miss him these days. I don't think about eating or drinking."

   As he spoke, he took the letter.

Opening the letter, it turned out to be a letter written by Jiang Chen himself. It was a thick stack. Not only that, the first page was written by Jiang Chen himself, saying that he had discovered a huge mineral vein, among which there were two lakes and rivers in Jinsha. Not only that, Two copper veins were also found, one iron ore, and another, possibly a silver mine..."

The next few pages are not Jiang Chen's own handwriting, but a map, which roughly marks the location of each mining area, as well as detailed exploration results. In short... these are rich ore with high grade. amazing. And it is relatively easy to mine, which is different from many mines in the pass. Many mines in the pass are not suitable for open-pit excavation, which leads to a high cost of mining.

  Jiang Chen and the others, after they found the golden sand and the first copper vein, they began to explore everywhere in the mountainous area frantically. As a result... more and more minerals were discovered...

  So, it is natural to announce the good news.

  Fang Jifan's eyes straightened.

Of course he knew that the Baiyin City in later generations was the most important mining base. This lumpy place was unknown in the past, and no one had the slightest interest in it. However, with the discovery of minerals, a city was directly established in the future. , after decades of mining, countless resources are still continuously supplying the industries of future generations.

   But now, the area where the silver is located is like a land of virgin land, where there is no trace of human excavation at all, and there are so many natural treasures in that mountain range.

  Gold, silver, and copper, these three things, after being dug out and simply smelted, become currency. As for other resources, they will also be of great use in the future.

  Fang Jifan shivered, but didn't say a word.

Seeing Fang Jifan like this, Zhu Houzhao couldn't help leaning forward: "What's the matter, what's the matter... What happened, is Jiang Chen dead? Old Fang, I'm sorry, you die when you die. Don't you still have so many disciples? It's okay to die one or two..."

   Fang Jifan didn't react until he received the letter.

  His head was a little dizzy, this is a long-lost feeling...I got rich.

  Currently... the gold and silver from South America have not yet been imported into Daming, and the value of gold and silver is extremely high. As for copper... that is what Ming needs.

  Fang Jifan took a deep breath: "I'm going to see the emperor, and I'm going to announce the good news."

  This matter cannot be concealed, and Fang Jifan doesn't want to hide it either. Instead of mining in secret, it is better to be aboveboard.

  Fang Jifan didn't say a word, he squeezed the letter tightly, and ran towards the Meridian Gate again.

  Excited...

  The land of the desert finally has value.

  Gold, silver and copper bring more than just wealth.

Just like North America at the beginning, the western part of North America was a desert at that time. Except for no man's land, there were a large number of Indians who were hostile to the colonists, but in the end...why did there appear to be a westward movement, and there were countless colonists, Crazy, he took his family with him, risked great dangers, and continued to move westward...

  Because…gold!

   Now, in the desert, especially in the Hexi Corridor, there is more than just gold, there are all the treasures you can count. There are so many paupers in the pass, what is this... This is the treasure house of Fang Jifan bestowed by heaven.

  (end of this chapter)